| 12:56:35 | agnul | ok. I'll try again :) |
| 12:57:06 | agnul | I'm trying to connect a gps receiver to an iPaq running familiar but I can't get past the pcmcia modprobe thing :) |
| 12:57:08 | agnul | any ideas ? |
| 15:09:39 | microdim | hello, what does this mean sa1100-rtc modprobe: Can't op |
| 16:40:51 | microdim | is there a bootloader that doesn erase windows when switching between Linux and windows? |
| 16:41:14 | microdim | i mean that doesnt reset windows |
| 16:50:39 | Disconnect | microdim: linux requires memory. windows uses all the memory. so where do you get memory for linux? |
| 16:51:09 | microdim | CF card |
| 16:51:23 | microdim | er microdrive |
| 16:52:06 | microdim | is it possible to dual boot and not have windows reset after booting to linux and then booting back to windows? |
| 16:57:25 | Disconnect | memory? go over to your desktop, shut ti down, remove all the simms. |
| 16:57:27 | Disconnect | then try booting. |
| 16:57:29 | Disconnect | it'll be exciting. |
| 16:57:31 | Disconnect | and brief. |
| 16:57:34 | | i heard ram was Random Access Memory (just like a desktop), not to be confused with Flash. RAM goes away on reset (or any time it loses power), flash stays forever. |
| 16:57:34 | Disconnect | ibot: ram |
| 16:57:35 | | flash is probably flash memory (sometimes called "flash RAM") which is a type of permanent storage, accessed by address (hence 'random access memory') but erased/reprogrammed by blocks. Flash has a limited lifetime, based on the number of erases on each block. or like the hard drive in a normal computer. |
| 16:57:35 | Disconnect | ibot: flash |
| 16:57:46 | dc | lol |
| 16:58:16 | dc | it's like having HIV |
| 17:04:35 | microdim | ok let me put it this way, if I reboot my ipaq and boot into linux off a cf card then power down then boot back into windows it looks like a brand new installation of windows pocketpc, all of my data is gone, now is there a bootloader that doesnt do that? |
| 17:19:21 | Disconnect | is back |
| 17:19:23 | Disconnect | microdim: windows stores everything in ram. |
| 17:19:25 | Disconnect | microdim: perhaps you should rtfm again. |
| 17:23:25 | Disconnect | isn't back.. grr.. |
| 17:43:50 | Disconnect | wow looks like I'm finally back. |
| 21:20:47 | kergoth` | cworth: ping |
| 22:12:32 | kergoth` | does ipkg/C depend on the 'file' package? |
| 22:12:49 | kergoth` | it keeps saying 'invalid magic' when i try to install an ipk |
| 22:23:05 | kergoth` | ack, wheres cworth |
| 22:23:16 | kergoth` | mutters |
| 22:50:52 | Phibs | anyone 'in charge' around? |
| 22:51:25 | a7r | Phibs: depends.. what do you want? |
| 22:51:36 | Phibs | Want to know how much traffic a 'familiar' mirror would generate |
| 22:51:50 | Phibs | If it's not TOO much I'll offer one in the USA with decent connectivity |
| 22:51:50 | a7r | a decent load.. nothing insane. |
| 22:52:16 | Phibs | I'm mirroring off of ftp.easynet.be right now |
| 22:53:14 | Phibs | http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/linux/distributions/familiar or ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/linux/distributions/familiar |
| 22:53:16 | Phibs | if anyone cares :) |